Definition of Charabancs

1. n. A long, light, open vehicle, with benches or seats running lengthwise.

Definition of Charabancs

1. Noun. (plural of charabanc) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Charabancs

1. charabanc [n] - See also: charabanc

Lexicographical Neighbors of Charabancs

chapterlike
chapterplay
chapterplays
chapters
chaptre
chaptrel
chaptrels
chaptres
chaptzem
chaqu
chaqueta
chaquetas
char
char kway teow
charabanc
charabancs (current term)
characid
characids
characin
characin fish
characins
charact
character
character-at-a-time printer
character actor
character actors
character actress
character actresses
character analysis
character armor

Literary usage of Charabancs

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Samuel F.B. Morse: His Letters and Journals by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Edward Lind Morse (1914)
""Two carriages called charabancs, somewhat like the Irish vehicle of the same name, with four servants in the imperial livery to each, we found at the door, ..."

2. Samuel F.B. Morse: His Letters and Journals by Samuel Finley Breese Morse, Edward Lind Morse (1914)
""Two carriages called charabancs, somewhat like the Irish vehicle of the same name, with four servants in the imperial livery to each, we found at the door, ..."

3. Switzerland, and the Adjacent Portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1873)
"... (J hr. by charabancs, 5 fr.). It is best seen from the French side. Above the waterfall the river expands, resembling a lake \ below, it Hows for 6 M. ..."

4. The New York Times Current History (1917)
"... laid in a row on the grass, where 100000 people from London came flocking to see them. The crowds went out afoot, in taxicabs, motor cars, charabancs ..."

5. Lord Northcliffe's War Book: With Chapters on America at War by Alfred Harmsworth Northcliffe (1917)
"... and Irish breweries going on their way to the Front laden with soldiers or shells, and also to see pleasure motor charabancs with the names of Margate, ..."

6. At the War by Alfred Harmsworth Northcliffe (1916)
"... Front laden with soldiers or shells, and also to see pleasure motor charabancs with the names of Margate, Blackpool, and Scarborough emblazoned thereon. ..."

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